Homemade Chocolate Marshmallow Fondant Recipe

The Best Homemade Chocolate Marshmallow Fondant Recipe

This homemade chocolate marshmallow fondant is a delicious sugar paste recipe with the taste of marshmallow and chocolate. This simple, easy and effortless recipe is made with real chocolate and cocoa powder for that rich chocolate taste. Whether you cover a cake, cookies or cupcakes this chocolate fondant is always a real treat.

The Best Chocolate Marshmallow Fondant

I must admit that though I have a sweet tooth fondant is way too sweet for me. Having said that; I do like the taste of Chocolate Marshmallow Fondant. Why? First it’s made with Marshmallows! Second, it has real chocolate in there? And the added bitter cocoa powder kinda offsets some of the sweetness. So if It’s for myself, I think a good chocolate marshmallow fondant would be ideal.

The Best Marshmallow Chocolate Fondant

What another fondant recipe again?

Now, this is my sixth fondant recipe. I know!! Well, not all fondant works with every project and not everybody can find all those lists of ingredients. So I have recipes that work for cake decorators as well as for moms making their kids first birthday cake. You will see a detailed list at the bottom of this post with links.
I hope you find what best suits your requirements.

So let’s talk ingredients and substitutes for this Chocolate Marshmallow Fondant (Save/Pin for later)

Marshmallows – Well, it’s marshmallow fondant right.. so yes we need marshmallow. Use small or mini ones but mostly use similar size so they melt evenly. I often use largely because that’s what I find – so yeah you can use large – just takes longer to melt.

Chocolate – yes this one has real chocolate so it gives a rich chocolaty taste.

Light Corn Syrup – In the other marshmallow fondant you notice we used water but here we can’t use water to melt the marshmallow with chocolate! Why? well you know what happens when you mix chocolate and water right – it seizes.
So we have to use something other than water. I like corn syrup cause it’s similar to making modeling chocolate but if you cant’ find light corn syrup – you can use Glucose syrup or Golden syrup. I think honey will work as well but have not tried it yet.

Cocoa Powder – Using only chocolate will give us a very light chocolate based fondant so we have to add some cocoa powder. Cuts the sweetness too.

Hot water – Now this is the secret to that dark chocolate color you get with this recipe. So don’t omit the hot boiling water. It’s what melts the cocoa powder and brings out that rich chocolate color.

This homemade chocolate marshmallow fondant is a delicious sugar paste recipe with the taste of marshmallow and chocolate. This simple, easy and effortless recipe is made with real chocolate and cocoa powder for that rich chocolate taste. Whether you cover a cake, cookies or cupcakes this chocolate fondant is always a real treat.

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I’m sorry, I meant shortening. I did substitute the vegetable shortening for coconut oil (cold pressed, organic) and it worked wonderfully. And it gave the chocolate fondant a yummy coconut taste. My daughter loved her dragon egg for Easter. I used the fondant to make ‘dragon scales’ and to cover the horrendous joining job I did with the hollow egg after I cut it open to put in the chocolate dragons and candied jewels.

I finished kneeding (about 10 min) but could not get it to the stretchy consistency I usually get for regular marshmallow fondant. I have it tin the fridge but I’m worried it will break too easily. I only added 2 cps of p.sugar because it was getting a bit dry. Any suggestions?

Jaime.. why did you add more powder sugar if it was getting a bit dry? you need to add less not more powder sugar. When it’s rested try kneading it well with wet hands. Just a little water on your hands (not much) and knead it well. Hope it helps it.

Do you mean one cake with three layers? or three tier cake. It really depends on how thick or thin you roll the fondant. For me this would easily cover an 8 + 6 four inch tall cakes and have spare for decorations.